Eric Rohmer

"Potiche" is a glossy throwback made with a modern eye, an old-fashioned romantic fantasy starring Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu that's been knowingly updated with tart, contemporary touches.

The updater is François Ozon, who's been down this road before. Though the French writer-director is mostly known for such serious dramas as "Swimming Pool" and "Time to Leave," he did another glossy confection, "8 Women," which also starred Deneuve.

What Ozon has done is freely adapt a 1980 mainstream "theatre de boulevard" play by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Grédy (whose work also inspired the Goldie...

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"Potiche" is a glossy throwback made with a modern eye, an old-fashioned romantic fantasy starring Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu that's been knowingly updated with tart, contemporary touches.
The updater is François Ozon,...